Re: Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-22 Thread Lisa Heft
Masud, just a thought. You wrote: Therese's lack of response makes it evident that my "NOW" did not contain enough space for her to respond. For those of you who can have space for my views, as well as hers, can you please suggest an alternative way of posing my comment/question? Often I don't res

Re: Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-22 Thread Cheryl Honey
I'd like to suggest that matters pertaining to clarifications be made directly with individuals and not posted to list. Thankscheryl - Original Message - From: Spady's To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Learning to expand

Re: Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-22 Thread Masud Sheikh
Hi Judy, You correctly pointed out that I tend to be judgmental. But I did not understand what you meant by "you were obviously waiting for a baited response from her". To start off, I do not understand what is a "baited response". But Judy, my request was for help - and it was genuine. What would

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2005-04-22 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
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Poetry Day

2005-04-22 Thread Ralph Copleman
Raffi and all, Well, Raffi, you had quite a workout with your excerpt from the Tao. Congratulations on moving the system (and opening some very cool spaces) with poetry. You asked where the idea came from, or if I invented it. It's not my invention. I saw an advertisement in the New York Times

Re: Visualisation techniques for facilitation

2005-04-22 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
In a message dated 4/19/05 10:12:46 PM, andrew.ri...@csiro.au writes: > > I was wondering whether you have any good ( or otherwise :) ) references for > work investigating: >   > 1. The value of using visualisation techniques in group facilitation? > 2. The effects of using visualisation on

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2005-04-22 Thread Ralph Copleman
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Re: Access Queen reminds you of two deadlines for making funding requests

2005-04-22 Thread Therese Fitzpatrick
Since the Access Queen (hail Lisa) has invited us to dream out loudabout attending Halifax, I am going to share one of my Halifax dreams. I am dreaming that the registration fee will be changed from $300 to asliding scale. I am having a real hard time imagining that I willhave the ability to bo

Re: Poetry Day

2005-04-22 Thread Therese Fitzpatrick
Ralph. in response to your barmaid poem, let me first affirm your absolute right to share misygynistic poetry that reduces a female barstaffperson to sexist stereotyping. And second, I need to voice that I am disgusted that such denigrating stereotyping is considered in any way acceptable on a lis

Re: Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-22 Thread Spady's
Okay, I have to pipe in a bit on this one... Masud, I find it extremely ironic that the posting you made to Therese implies that she was being judgmental and then in this post you instantly jump to conclusions and "judge" her...h... IMHO you cannot factually conclude that her lack of respo

Re: Raffi, genocide and OST

2005-04-22 Thread Funda Oral
Dear Raffi, I don't have long time so i will try to write shortly. Many articles about that have been published in our newspapers. One that has been very useful for me was a series of articles published in one of the main nespaper (Milliyet) about 6 months ago. This was written by a very famous

Re: Raffi, genocide and OST

2005-04-22 Thread Funda Oral
Harrison- First i want to tell you how much i am grateful and i enjoy reading your mails full of wisdom, intelligence and playfulness. Then, there is another mysery i want to share...i found out that it is not so important to get everything now ( do everything i want to do) NOW... But i feel be

Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-22 Thread Masud Sheikh
Dear all, In the interest of expanding my "NOW", I request a favour/favor (being Canadian, I can use both spellings): Yesterday, I had a conflict with Therese Fitzpatrick, when I posted the following note: ">Funda, such an event would not be negative...it could be wonderful and life affirming.

Re: Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-22 Thread Masud Sheikh
Thank you Tolga, Lisa and Therese for your responses - Thanks also to anyone else who may respond subsequently Lisa, in response to your question about my participation in OSonOS in Halifax: I am still not sure, so have not yet booked. Take care, all of you Masud * *

Re: Visualisation techniques for facilitation

2005-04-22 Thread ashley cooper
Hi Andrew, You might be interested in this website: http://www.visuelle-protokolle.de/eng/index2.html . It's for VISUELLE PROTOKOLLE. I believe I was introdcued through this OSlist. "Would you like to use powerful pictures to communicate your ideas?" warmly, ashley On 4/19/05, Andrew Rixon

Re: Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-22 Thread Therese Fitzpatrick
Here in my now. . . I am unaware that you and I have had a conflict, Masud. I do notthink I have ever addressed you directly in anything I have posted tothe OSlist. Thank you, Lisa, for pointing out that there are all kinds of reasonswhy someone, including me, might not answer an email. I live i

Re: Raffi, genocide and OST

2005-04-22 Thread Mikk Sarv
Funda, I know, that Estonian and Turkish langages are in a way parallel to each other, so it may match also for your language. What Harrison writes is very much true for our language, Estonian. We do have very artificial and complicated constructions to get translated what other languages call futu

Re: Learning to expand our NOW

2005-04-22 Thread Tolga Yazar
Hi Masud, The questions that start with "Is/Isnt" are sometimes expressed as, or understood as "bogus questions" - where they are merely expressing a belief, rather than requiring for more explanation. For example: "Isnt that obvious ??" may simply mean " I believe it is obvious" (sometimes th

Re: Raffi, genocide and OST

2005-04-22 Thread Agneta Setterwall
Thank you Harrison - I just LOVE it when I get a short sermon like that in the morning! Lovelovelove :-D Agneta Harrison Owen wrote: Ah -- Funda. Let me reveal a mystery to you. You just can't get away from NOW. It is all you have! Past is over, future hasn't happened yet. What you got is

Deafened People thriving in OS

2005-04-22 Thread Diane Gibeault
Possibilities with Open Space are almost limitless. Here is how I adapted the process to meet the challenges at hand for this Open Space meeting for deafened people - people who once heard and spoke but have now lost their hearing completely or in good part and have not necessarily learned sign

Re: Raffi, genocide and OST

2005-04-22 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
Filiz, I want to say I think it's wonderful you've been to Armenia. What courage! I would very much like to meet you some day. And it would be great to work together on an OS. I have wanted to go to a PoP training. The announcement looks interesting, but I don't quite understand how it's differen